Voda is US grain vodka, the cheapest good handle on the shelf at $17.99. Lvov is Polish potato vodka and kosher for Passover, from $17.99. Pravda is five-times-distilled Polish rye, OU, $32.99, the one to sip. Plus what the names mean and why Lvov Spirytus at 192 proof is a different bottle entirely.

Potato vodka is distilled from potatoes instead of grain, which makes it rounder and fuller in the mouth, more expensive to make, and the traditional bottle for Pesach. What the difference actually tastes like, why seven pounds of potatoes go into one bottle, and the two we carry at $32.99 and $17.99.